Machine for husking green corn.



PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906.

APPLICATION FILLED NOV. 6. 1905.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERSGHEL'CLIMER: OF CH ILL'ICOTHE, O l-1 1 0.

MACHINE FOR HUSKING GRE-E N CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lgPatented may 10, 1906.

Application filed November 6, 1905' SerialNo. 286 11-9- To albwhom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, HERSCHEL OLIMER, a

:citizen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, .in the county of Ross and State of .Ohio, have invented certain new and useful invention, such as will enable 0t ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

TlllS invention relates to machmes for husk- .ing corn, and is designed more particularly for .huskmg green corn or Indian corn; and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means which will ruffle up the husks at the .point or small end of the ear prior to the feeding of the corn to the husking-rolls. By this procedure the husking-rolls are not required to run as rapidly as in machines where thehusking-rolls do all the work of stripping thehusks from the ear.

Another object of my invention is to pro- :vide means whereby the ears of corn may be carried mto a yielding tube and through yielding means for turning back or rufiling the-husks'at the point or smaller end of the ear.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig.5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates a frame upon which the machine is mounted, and 2 is a hopper into which the corn may be placedwith the smaller end of the ear downward. A tubular guideway comprises two semicircular members 3 4, which are pivoted at their rear ends upon vertical bolts 5, said bolts passing through brackets 6, secured to the members 3 4 and having outwardly-projecting ears 7, through which the bolts 5 pass. bers 3 4 are tapered from their larger rear ends to the smaller discharge ends, and said members are secured to the brackets in a manner to provide a slot or opening between them at both their lower and upper edges for a purpose which will presently appear. The husking-blades or ruffling members 8 9 each The tubular memcomprises a plate havingtheirterminal-ends bent inward towardeach'other and. provided each with a series of teeth.or;ruffling-blades 10. The rearendsof saidmembers 8.9.are pivotally connected to brackets 11,.secured to the sides of themembers 3 4 bylmeansof a vertical bolt 12 .to give a yieldingaction .to the members 3 4 and theruffling-blades v10. A spring 13 is securedat itsends to upright bars 14 15, pivoted to'the cross-bar .16. The.

lower ends ofthenprightbars .14 15,are,piv-

otally connected to brackets 17, securedto the outer sides of the ruflling members '8 9. Braces 18extend from the upper endsof the bolts 5 to the frame for-supporting thetubular guidewa'yand ru'flling-members nearthe discharge end of said ruffling members. A stop device 19 projects laterally from said blades, and apin 20 servesto limit the movement of the stop device, and hencethe lateral play of the ruffiing members andguideway.

- Secured to the brackets 21 ,extendingup .in

and over toward the upper .center of the guidewayare-apair of diver ing bars 22.

The husking-rolls. 23, wln'c are preferably plain wooden rolls, are mounted within yielding bearings 24, andsaid-rolls are disposed inlongitudinal alinementwith the guideway'3 4 and the rufflin members. Mounted immediately above t ehusking-rolls 23. are a pair of rolls 25, located ata slight-distance. apart and carrying a canvas apronorbelt 26,-the purpose of which is to turn the ears in. order to present allparts of the husk tothehusking-rolls 23. A sprocket chain 27 passes around the sprocket wheels 28 29, said sprocket-chain being located immediately under the guideway. The sprocket-chain is provided at intervals with special links 30, comprising an upright bar 31, having secured thereto a vertical carrier 32, provided with teeth 33, designed to engage the butt-end of the corn to carry it through the machine.

The operation of my invention may be described as follows: The ears of corn to be husked are placed in the hopper 2 with the smaller or tip ends downward, said ears being caught by the carrier 32 and carried forward through the tubular guideway 3 4, said carrier passing between said two members, and as the smaller end of the guideway is reached the ruffling members 8 9 engage the ends of the husks and turn them backward or rufiie them in such a manner as to make them easy to be engaged by the husking-rolls 23. After the husks have been rufiled or rolled upon the ear for a required distance the upper end of the vertical carrier 32, passing between the diverging bars 22, opens the members 3 4 and the rufliing-blades to permit the ear to pass between the husking-rolls 23, the spring 13 then returning the members 3 4 and the blades 10 to their original position. The

apron or belt 26, being rotated transversely to t e husking-rolls, serves to turn the ears to present all parts of the husk to the huskingrolls, as will be understood. The ears stripped of their husks are dropped off the husking-rolls 23 and into any suitable re ceptacle.

While my huskingmachine is designed more particularly for removing the husks from green corn prior to packing the same, it

will be obvious that Indian corn or other grades of corn may be husked by means of the machine without material alteration in the parts.

One of the desirable qualities in a machine of this character is to remove the husks without bruising the kernels of corn, and with a tubular guideway comprising two members spaced apart and pivotally mounted at one end, in combination with a air of rufliing members pivotally connected to said guideway members and provided with ruflling-. blades, means for holding said guideway members and rufiiing members yieldingly,

and means for carrying the corn through the guideway'and presenting the ears to the ruffling-blades.

2. In a machine of the character described, a yielding guideway for the corn, said guideway being pivoted to the frame of a machine, a pair of rufiling members pivotally connected to the guideway and provided with inwardly-extending rufHing-blades at one end, a s ring to hold said guideway members and ru g members yieldingly together, in combination with means for carrying the corn through the guideway, and means for opening the guideway and rufiling-blades to? permit the ears to pass out, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hopper, a tubular guideway comprising two semicircular members pivotally connected at one end and tapered toward their opposite ends, rufiiing members pivotally connected to said guideway members and having notched teeth projecting inwardly upon their opposite ends, and means for carrying the ears between the guideway members and out between the rufiling members, substantially as described.

4. In a corn-husking machine, a tubular slotted and pivoted guideway, in combination with a pair of rufiEling-blades provided with teeth, apair of husking-rolls, and an apron or belt traveling transversely of the husking-rolls and adapted to deposit the ears of corn upon said husking-rolls, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERSOHEL CLIMER.

Witnesses:

JNo. H. GREENBAUM, HARRY V. HOPKINS. 

